Flying Boat Water Bomber Martin Mars

[macross25]

When I used to live in Los Angeles during fire season we used to see the Canadian "Super Scoope'rs" fly over to Van Nuys airport and twice we saw this Monster of a plane come flying over low & slow... amazing sight!!

[TheEMS41]

woooow is that a beast !

[kirkvistain]

Ausgezeichnet!



[gukonni]

Don't know german but i think they were talking about sex.

[adbirds]

@gukonni Yes of course, sex and planes easily associated. As with adbirds.com.

[Thompoux]

Ein schönes Flugzeug.

[Cheval52]

what is with the caption to this story ???

even though I do not read German, I couldn't help but notice a reference to Russian Leader "Vladimir Putin in an SS uniform" and another reference to Osama Bin Lladen".

[videovic99]

@Cheval52 : it's a news ticker unrelated to the story

[teaser1950]

That people are my heroes!!

Keep flying the Martins Mars !! ^____O

[lokker2]

geiler flieger kann mir jemand so eine sirene wie die da ist schicken...

nice plane can someone send me the siren who they use

[errolfan]

Perfect backdrop for a truly awesome flying boat. Still on duty, serving a different purpose long after the Hughes H-4 has been consigned to a museum.

[dithbmine1]

krout

[will891410]

REALMENTE UM GRANDE AVIÃO

[lokker2]

very awesome

[martinsylvia]

Lang lebe dieses Flugzeug!

[suprafan99]

super, super awsome.

[bees39]

Just wish it were in English

[iloverush123]

Translation, please?

[pinwizz69]

I LOVE amphibes ! I first flew them as a USCG AD3 HU16e flight crewman in the 70s. I also operated the radar looking for bships pumping they,r bilges on the Great Lakes and doing overdue searches. In 77 I switched to the HH52a Sea Gaurdean helo, anouther amphib and did rescues at USCG AirStation Miami,fl. ! In my opinion the dumbest thing the CG did was dicontinue the use of amphib helos. the japanese still do and use modern versions successfully. Semper Paratus Ya,ll.

[klesmer]

Uhhh, Dude the Mars aren't amphibs, they are true seaplanes. They have special dollies built to haul them out when nessesary for some maintenance but they normally are water bound. They don't have landing gear like th Catalina's.

[Koseiko2008]

Wo ist den andere? Where is the other Martin? Wie schade das ander auchnicht für Publikum mitzufliegen! Too bad one of them is not outfitted to take the public up for flights!

[peanuts2105]

Ze Germans are coming!

[lostinseganet]

Wow is this the biggest water bomber?

[Fireman137]

It is the largest amphibious water bomber and there are only 2 left in the world

[375GTB]

@Fireman137

Not amphibious, a true seaplane, and it's the only ONE left...

J.C..

[taninozzo92]

@375GTB not exactly... there are 2 left in the world. You can see them in this video

[jannej312]

Ask Steve Stackhouse. He might have an english version.

[Frostman182]

Anyone know where there may be the english version of this show?

[katcruickshank]

i love living here. Just saw the Hawaii Mars (the red tailed one) flying over town today on its way back from Vancouver. So glad that Coulson Aircrane bought them so that they could stay here in our town.

[wombatstew1]

Odd, isn't it? People all over the world are incredibly impressed by our Martin Mars Bombers, yet the vast majority of Canadians don't even know they exist. I love these birds! Long may they fly!!